Bird enthusiasts often think that shorebirds are those birds walking along our coastline on sandy beaches or river estuaries. In fact, shorebirds occur everywhere and we can find them even in the most extreme places on Earth. If we are in the High Andes, or along the chilling rivers of the Himalayas, down to the extreme south in the Antarctic, shorebirds can be found everywhere. Some of them are even non-water dependant, and living in desert-like habitats or savannas.
I think it is better to leave behind the rather boring dispute over using the term ‘shorebirds‘ or ‘waders‘. Whatever we call them, here is the complete list of shorebird.
- Common Buttonquail
- Red-backed Buttonquail
- Hottentot Buttonquail
- Black-rumped Buttonquail
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail
- Spotted Buttonquail
- Barred Buttonquail
- Madagascan Buttonquail
- Black-breasted Buttonquail
- Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
- Buff-breasted Buttonquail
- Painted Buttonquail
- Worcester’s Buttonquail
- Sumba Buttonquail
- Red-chested Buttonquail
- Little Buttonquail
- Quail-plover
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Indian Stone-curlew
- Senegal Thick-knee
- Water Thick-knee
- Spotted Thick-knee
- Double-striped Thick-knee
- Peruvian Thick-knee
- Bush Stone-curlew
- Great Stone-curlew
- Beach Stone-curlew
- Snowy Sheathbill
- Black-faced Sheathbill
- Magellanic Plover
- Magellanic Oystercatcher
- Blackish Oystercatcher
- Black Oystercatcher
- American Oystercatcher
- African Oystercatcher
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- South Island Oystercatcher
- Pied Oystercatcher
- Variable Oystercatcher
- Chatham Oystercatcher
- Sooty Oystercatcher
- Crab-plover
- Ibisbill
- Black-winged Stilt
- White-headed Stilt
- Black-necked Stilt
- White-backed Stilt
- Black Stilt
- Banded Stilt
- Pied Avocet
- American Avocet
- Red-necked Avocet
- Andean Avocet
- Northern Lapwing
- Long-toed Lapwing
- Blacksmith Lapwing
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- River Lapwing
- Black-headed Lapwing
- Yellow-wattled Lapwing
- White-crowned Lapwing
- Senegal Lapwing
- Black-winged Lapwing
- Crowned Lapwing
- African Wattled Lapwing
- Spot-breasted Lapwing
- Brown-chested Lapwing
- Grey-headed Lapwing
- Red-wattled Lapwing
- Banded Lapwing
- Masked Lapwing
- Sociable Lapwing
- White-tailed Lapwing
- Southern Lapwing
- Andean Lapwing
- Red-kneed Dotterel
- Inland Dotterel
- Wrybill
- European Golden Plover
- Pacific Golden Plover
- American Golden Plover
- Grey Plover
- New Zealand Plover
- Common Ringed Plover
- Semipalmated Plover
- Long-billed Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Wilson’s Plover
- Killdeer
- Piping Plover
- Madagascan Plover
- Kittlitz’s Plover
- St. Helena Plover
- Three-banded Plover
- Forbes’s Plover
- White-fronted Plover
- Kentish Plover
- Snowy Plover
- Javan Plover
- Red-capped Plover
- Malaysian Plover
- Chestnut-banded Plover
- Collared Plover
- Puna Plover
- Two-banded Plover
- Double-banded Plover
- Lesser Sand Plover
- Greater Sand Plover
- Caspian Plover
- Oriental Plover
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Rufous-chested Plover
- Mountain Plover
- Hooded Dotterel
- Shore Dotterel
- Black-fronted Dotterel
- Tawny-throated Dotterel
- Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
- Pied Plover
- Egyptian Plover
- Greater Painted-snipe
- Australian Painted-snipe
- South American Painted-snipe
- Lesser Jacana
- African Jacana
- Madagascan Jacana
- Comb-crested Jacana
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana
- Bronze-winged Jacana
- Northern Jacana
- Wattled Jacana
- Plains-wanderer
- Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
- White-bellied Seedsnipe
- Grey-breasted Seedsnipe
- Least Seedsnipe
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Amami Woodcock
- Javan Woodcock
- New Guinea Woodcock
- Bukidnon Woodcock
- Sulawesi Woodcock
- Moluccan Woodcock
- American Woodcock
- Chatham Snipe
- Snares Snipe
- Subantarctic Snipe
- Jack Snipe
- Solitary Snipe
- Latham’s Snipe
- Wood Snipe
- Pin-tailed Snipe
- Swinhoe’s Snipe
- African Snipe
- Madagascan Snipe
- Great Snipe
- Common Snipe
- Wilson’s Snipe
- South American Snipe
- Puna Snipe
- Noble Snipe
- Giant Snipe
- Fuegian Snipe
- Jameson’s Snipe
- Imperial Snipe
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Asian Dowitcher
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Marbled Godwit
- Little Curlew
- Whimbrel
- Bristle-thighed Curlew
- Slender-billed Curlew
- Eurasian Curlew
- Far Eastern Curlew
- Long-billed Curlew
- Upland Sandpiper
- Spotted Redshank
- Common Redshank
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Common Greenshank
- Nordmann’s Greenshank
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Green Sandpiper
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Grey-tailed Tattler
- Wandering Tattler
- Willet
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Tuamotu Sandpiper
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Black Turnstone
- Surfbird
- Great Knot
- Red Knot
- Sanderling
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Western Sandpiper
- Red-necked Stint
- Little Stint
- Temminck’s Stint
- Long-toed Stint
- Least Sandpiper
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Purple Sandpiper
- Rock Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Ruff
- Wilson’s Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red Phalarope
- Cream-colored Courser
- Somali Courser
- Burchell’s Courser
- Temminck’s Courser
- Indian Courser
- Double-banded Courser
- Three-banded Courser
- Bronze-winged Courser
- Jerdon’s Courser
- Australian Pratincole
- Collared Pratincole
- Oriental Pratincole
- Black-winged Pratincole
- Madagascan Pratincole
- Rock Pratincole
- Grey Pratincole
- Small Pratincole
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Very useful to have!
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Will do this for a wetland site in Gateshead, UK.
Excellent! Thanks. 🙂
Gracias por el listado, me será mucha ayuda 🙂
Dude! Nice.